Whistleblower award goes to Prof Gilles-Eric Séralini

October 15, 2015 EnvironmentGMO

Roundup researcher honoured by Federation of German Scientists (VDW) and the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms Prof Gilles-Eric Séralini will tomorrow be honoured with the 2015 Whistleblower Award by the Federation of German Scientists (VDW) and the German Section of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (“IALANA”). Prof Séralini will receive the award in […]

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California to Label Monsanto’s Roundup as ‘Carcinogenic’

September 8, 2015 GMONatural LivingUncategorized

By Jay Syrmopoulos The state of California’s Environmental Protection Agency has moved to begin labeling glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, as a known carcinogen. Biochemical giant Monsanto has found itself under increased scrutiny after the World Health Organization recently announced that glyphosate is likely carcinogenic to humans. Then just last week, researchers issued […]

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Can Glyphosate Really Be Present in Human Breast Milk?

August 5, 2015 GMONatural LivingUncategorizedVideo

By Catherine J. Frompovich Realistically, something is being done at ‘grassroots’ level to determine IF glyphosate—a chemical in Roundup® that is being implicated in negative health effects—is present in mothers’ breast milk. For example, one Pennsylvania citizens group, GMO Free Lancaster County, has been testing mothers’ breast milk with some startling results, which have not […]

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Monarch Butterfly Population Down 80%, Monsanto Largely to Blame

July 4, 2015 Natural LivingUncategorized

By Claire Bernish A recent report confirms that over 80% of North American monarch butterflies have died. The Xerces Society, a non-profit organization that aims to preserve wildlife through conservation of invertebrates and their habitats, notes that “in the 1990s, estimates of up to one billion monarchs made the epic flight each fall from the […]

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3 More European Countries Begin Banning Glyphosate and Monsanto’s Roundup

June 26, 2015 EnvironmentNatural LivingUncategorized

By Jonathan Schoenfeld The chemical giant Monsanto has been garnering lots of necessary backlash for their glyphosate products lately. There’s worldwide concern because Monsanto’s glyphosate-containing herbicides are known to cause cancer in animals and have been labeled likely carcinogenic to humans. Monsanto representatives are feeling the pressure — and even asked the World Health Organization to retract their […]

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Lawsuit Accuses Monsanto of Lying About Safety of Roundup

June 2, 2015 Food FreedomGMOUncategorized

By Carey Wedler A class action suit against the Monsanto corporation was filed in Los Angeles this week in the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County. It accuses the company of false advertising for its implied claims that the herbicide, Roundup, is safe for humans. As the lawsuit details: Defendant makes the claim that […]

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Danish Environment Authority Declares Glyphosate a Carcinogen

May 30, 2015 Natural LivingUncategorized

The Danish Working Environment Authority (WEA) has declared glyphosate a carcinogen, according to a report in the Danish news outlet Nyhederne. This means that they will demand that due care is taken when it is used, and they will recommend a change to other less toxic chemicals. Source: GM Watch Danish Source: Nyhederne nyhederne.tv2.dk/2015-05-28-roundup-kommer-paa-arbejdstilsynets-kraeftliste The WEA […]

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Glyphosate: The Hormone Hijacker

May 29, 2015 Natural LivingUncategorized

By Feed the World Hormone hacking Summary Glyphosate and Roundup have been shown to be endocrine (hormone) disruptors in experiments. Endocrine disruption in humans is thought to contribute to some cancers, birth defects, reproductive problems such as infertility, and developmental problems in foetuses, babies, and children. Under European law, pesticides that disrupt hormones (“endocrine disrupting […]

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Sri Lanka’s New President Puts Immediate Ban on Glyphosate Herbicides

May 25, 2015 Natural Health NewsUncategorized

Sri Lanka’s newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena announced Friday that the import of the World’s most used herbicide glyphosate will be banned with immediate effect. The release of already imported stocks has also been stopped. Sirisena, a farmer and ex Health Minister,  stated that glyphosate is responsible for the increasing number of chronic kidney disease […]

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German Retail Giant REWE Removes Glyphosate from DIY Stores

May 12, 2015 Natural Health NewsUncategorized

The 350 ‘toom Baumarkt DIY’ stores belonging to the REWE Group will carry no glyphosate-containing products later than September 30, 2015. From Monday such products cannot be re-ordered for the stores. Source: GM Watch  REWE press release in German: www.rewe-group.com/de/newsroom/pressemitteilungen/1422.html [do_widget id=text-16] By the end of 2013 toom Baumarkt had begun to switch the range […]

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Those Monsanto Genes

May 6, 2015 DietUncategorizedVideo

By Catherine J. Frompovich This information was sent to me by a colleague Rose Stevens in Canada. Not only did I think it was very clever, especially the anonymous graphic above, but the narrative that came with it. I don’t know whom to thank for this information other than the person who emailed it to […]

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Roundup’s Glyphosate on the EPA’s Radar—Finally!

April 22, 2015 Food FreedomGMOUncategorized

By Catherine J. Frompovich Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup® just may be heading for a roundup at the U.S. EPA! How’d that happen after all these years of being declared safe enough to drink? Did public relations person Patrick Moore have any influence when he refused to drink a glass of Roundup offered to him while being […]

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Argentina: 30,000 Doctors and Health Professionals Demand Ban on Glyphosate

April 19, 2015 GMONatural Health NewsUncategorized

Following on from the conclusion of the International Agency for Research on Cancer that glyphosate is a probable carcinogen, Argentina’s union of doctors and health professionals, FESPROSA, has issued a statement throwing the support of its 30,000 members behind the decision:   Source: GM Watch Source (Spanish): www.ecoportal.net/ [do_widget id=text-16] “The organisation [IARC] has just […]

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Brazil’s National Cancer Institute Names GM Crops as Cause of Massive Pesticide Use

April 10, 2015 Food FreedomGMOUncategorized

After the WHO’s classification of glyphosate as a “probable carcinogen”, Brazil’s cancer institute has condemned GM crops for placing the country in the top ranking globally for pesticide consumption, Claire Robinson reports. Source: GM Watch Report from INCA (in Portuguese) is here The release of GM crops in Brazil has helped make it the largest […]

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Glyphosate: One of 3 Herbicides Causing Antibiotic Resistance

April 6, 2015 Natural Health NewsUncategorized

By Heather Callaghan The overuse of antibiotics, 80 percent of which are foisted on factory farm animals, is a part of modern day antibiotic resistance. That is, an environment that allows surviving bacteria to mount a strong defense against antibiotics, making them useless against infection. Other factors like inattentive “sick care” contribute too – when […]

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WHO Glyphosate Report Ends Thirty Year Cancer Cover Up

March 27, 2015 GMONatural Health NewsUncategorized

Following on from last week’s Word Health Organization (WHO) report on glyphosate, which confirmed the world’s most used herbicide probably causes cancer, Sustainable Pulse has discovered documents from 1991 that show how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) themselves were fully aware of glyphosate’s carcinogenic potential. On February 11, 1985 the carcinogenic potential of glyphosate was […]

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GMO’s ‘Big Tobacco’ Moment Shocks Public Awake

March 27, 2015 Food FreedomGMOUncategorizedVideo

by Jefferey Jaxen When paradigms shift, tyrants fall, or corporations lose their market it is often not from some spectacular event, but by a single, humanizing display. We have just witnessed such an event during the interview of high-profile GMO advocate Patrick Moore. This viral video has exploded in popularity giving yet another sign, along […]

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Monsanto Demands Retraction for WHO’s Glyphosate Cancer Connection

March 25, 2015 GMONatural Health NewsUncategorized

By Heather Callaghan A non-regulatory division of WHO called International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) just announced that glyphosate – the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide – is a probable human carcinogen. While that may seem like a tepid statement, it comes after a decision based on the view of 17 experts from 11 countries who […]

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Children Suffer Genetic Damage from Pesticides in Argentina GM Soy Region

March 24, 2015 GMONatural Health NewsUncategorized

Children exposed to pesticides sprayed in a GM soy-producing region of Argentina have genetic damage, a team of researchers from the National University of Río Cuarto, Cordoba (UNRC), found in a new study. Sources: Media article in Spanish: www.lavoz.com.ar ; Study in English: www.scielo.org.ar The study compared 50 children living in the town of Marcos […]

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What’s Your “Daily Value” of Glyphosate?

March 22, 2015 EnvironmentGMONatural LivingUncategorized

by Catherine J. Frompovich Do readers know what glyphosate is? Or, what the Daily Value (DV) is? Are you aware that there are glyphosate residues present in almost every food or edible product U.S. consumers eat? However, as yet, there are no minimum or maximum Daily Values for dietary intake guidelines designated by the U.S. […]

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